Warrantee's

[Cabal]

Has anyone got any advice / contact numbers for good warrantee companies for TVR’s, in particular 4.5 Cerbera’s.

[The Mighty Chimp]

Cabal, I've been meaning to start another thread on warranties. Most people seem to use Warranty Holdings, the question is whther you buy it through a dealer or directly from WH themselves. It's a lot cheaper directly, but if you pay the extra & buy through a dealer they seem to have extra leverage & I believe you're more likely to get work paid for. & then of course some argue that warranties are a waste of money anyway, if they couldn't make a profit they couldn't sell them. But its the piece of mind factor I guess, esp with any of the modern TVR's where so much can go wrong. It's a tricky one. BTW, I found the WH phone number ages ago on a TVRCC discussion thread.

[Cabal]

Thankyou, The Mighty Chimp for a prompt reply how much can i expect to pay? ball park is fine. I resently saw a 4.5 cerbera with a 12 month warrantee for 28K. now been slashed to 24.5K with only 3 months.

Is this them?

Warranty Holdings Ltd

The leading providers of bespoke, personalised and general warranty and insurance related services

Stuart House
Queens Gate, Brittania Rd
Waltham Cross
Hertfordshire
EN8 7TF
 
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[The Mighty Chimp]

I think thats them. I don't know how much you'd need to pay for a Cerbera warranty (I've got a Chim BTW!), but if you buy directly be very aware of what's covered - might be worth having your car inspected first to see if anything could conceivably need work in the near future??? The level of warranty cover you can buy also gets less extensive the older a car becomes.

[jodypress]

i wouldn't bother with warranty holdings. they are a nightmare company to deal with and if they can wriggle out of paying they will.

[bilton_d]

The TVR warranty that came with my car has been great value for money and to be honest almost everything that has gone wrong with the car has been claimed under that warranty even an oil leak ..... i think it depends on if the dealer can push your case for you as they must know more than the warranty company or you what is a failure and what is wear and tear on the TVR model in question.

[Cabal]

bilton_d said: The TVR warranty that came with my car has been great value for money and to be honest almost everything that has gone wrong with the car has been claimed under that warranty even an oil leak ..... i think it depends on if the dealer can push your case for you as they must know more than the warranty company or you what is a failure and what is wear and tear on the TVR model in question.

Who is yours with?

[vindaloo]

jodypress said: i wouldn't bother with warranty holdings. they are a nightmare company to deal with and if they can wriggle out of paying they will.

yep tossas.

[bilton_d]

My Warranty is with warranty Holdings Spirit or Spriny something like that All parts upto the purchase price of the car and the local Dealer to Me is Hexham HC who have been great.

[Byff]

Just bought a warranty with warranty holdings spirit through my local dealer (hexham).

Cost just under £800 and had to have an inspection prior to cover.

My thoughts on the matter were - I don't know just how reliable my particualr car is (as each one is different and i've had mine 1 month now) so I'll have a year of warranty till I find out.

If it proves to be reliable with smallish bills then next year i'll not bother with it.

[simon.b]

I had the Warranty Holding Spirit one on my Griff, numerous claims and never any problems. I think it’s down to garage who does the work and whether they understand how the deal works and how to handle WH.

Cheers,

Simon.

[Pinkney]

Like Byff I've got the total spirit warranty through my dealer in Hexham. It may be more expensive but the dealer has far more experience with warranty holdings and therefore savings are more than recouped.

[jodypress]

well, i have dealt with numerous warrnaty companies before and warranty holdings is the only one who said a bust rear diff was due to wear and tear (every mechanical moving part wears) anyway took it to a couple of places and ended up with a main deal in chessington (who deal with WH all the time). they were great and really pushed it with warranty holdings but to no avail. so next step is the diff problem was a pre existing condition when i bought it form the non-tvr dealer and he has tried to wash his hands of it but am in process of letters/solicitors letters/suing him.
cheers all
jody